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what v hav 2 find the length of the chord which is from from the point of contact of the tangents with the curve for any type of curve.explain with parabolla and ellipse

jauneet singh , 15 Years ago
Grade 12
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SHAIK AASIF AHAMED

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Hello student,
please find the answer to your question below
suppose we have to find the length of chord of parabola y2 =4ax
by the tangents from points (x1,y1)
so equation of chord of contact : yy1 = 2a(x+x1)
now find the point of intersection of chord of contact
and given parabola y2 =4a(yy1 - 2ax1)/2a or y2 -2yy1 +4ax1 =0
let point of intersectaion are (h1,k1) and (h2,k2)
k1 +k2 = 2y1 and k1k2 = 4ax1
now find k1 -k2 and we also know that
k12= 4ah1 and k22= 4ah2
so k12 -k22= 4ah1- 4ah2 ( k12-k22)/4a= h1- h2
so length of chord = √[(h1-h2)2 +(k1-k2)2 ]
put the above value u will get length = (y12 -4ax1)(y12 +4a2)/a

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